Catch SQL Server Error Number

[Roger Twomey]

I am familiar with the try catch block.

I am trying to use it more explicitly depending on the SQL Server error
raised. Is there a way to get the actual SQL server error message that was
raised when this occurs?

We can add our own custom errors but I need to be able to catch the number.

[jayeldee]

If you have something like the this, you can check the Number on the
SQLException sqlEX object. The plain ol' System.Exception doesn't have
the Number property. I *think* I have the catches in the right order.
I'm terrible at misplacing them in my own code so you may want to
experiment with that.

Try
' Do something
Catch sqlEx As SqlException
If sqlEx.Number = 8675309 Then
' Create custom Exception and throw
End If
Catch ex As Exception
' Some other error you weren't expecting
Finally
' do your finally stuff
End Try

There are actually more properties for the SQLException object like
Message, Procedure, Server, Source, State if any of those are of
interest to you.